MTL@WPG: Game recap

WINNIPEG – More exciting than the Canadiens 4-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre, is the fact that Lane Hutson scored his first career NHL goal on Saturday.

Hutson accepted a cross-ice feed from Mike Matheson, walked in and fired a wrister past Connor Hellebuyck for his first-ever tally in the League. With it, the 20-year-old became the third rookie defenseman in franchise history to reach 20 points in the first 30 games of a season, per NHL PR.

Entering the final period down a pair, Josh Anderson cut the deficit to one but that’s as close as Montreal would come on Saturday.

For more stats, check out the NHL’s Gamecenter summary here.

Roster

David Savard returned to the Canadiens lineup after missing one game with an upper-body injury.

Montreal goals

P1 07:48 [1]-0 Hutson (Matheson, Caufield)

P3 08:00 [2]-3 Anderson (Dvorak, Gallagher)

Winnipeg goals

P1 14:34 1-[1] Vilardi (Connor, Morrissey) – PPG

P1 16:40 1-[2] Lowry (Niederreiter, DeMelo)

P2 06:26 1-[3] Connor (Morrissey, Vilardi) – PPG

P3 19:53 2-[4] Namestnikov (Iafallo) – EN

What’s next

The Habs welcome the Buffalo Sabres to town on Tuesday for Youppi!’s Mascot Party at the Bell Centre. For tickets, click here.